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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
Refugees hosted ×3.67 in ten yearsMost refugees from here are now in United KingdomLargest origin of refugees hosted here: Syria
Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database (data as of 31 December 2025; retrieved 19 August 2026). UNHCR · CC-BY-4.0
Year-end 0
Not reported
UNHCR footnotes (2)
- All · ASY · Now in — Only those asylum-seekers facing acute or imminent protection risks are registered by UNHCR. In addition, there are some 3,900 other asylum-seekers who were individually assessed, counselled and advised to inform UNHCR of any changes in their situation, which would justify a decision to register them.
- All · STA · Now in — UNHCR is verifying the number of stateless persons with the Government of Saudi Arabia.
1951–2025 time series
Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database (data as of 31 December 2025; retrieved 19 August 2026). UNHCR · CC-BY-4.0
Age and sex (0)
Age and sex (2010)
Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database (data as of 31 December 2025; retrieved 19 August 2026). UNHCR · CC-BY-4.0
Top countries of origin
Top countries of origin (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 5,177 | 18 |
| Afghanistan | 107 | 0 |
| Somalia | 18 | 52 |
| Unknown origin | 0 | 47 |
| Sudan | 0 | 43 |
| Syria | 6 | 8 |
| Ethiopia | 0 | 5 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 26 | 32 |
| United States | 27 | 9 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 0 |
| Sweden | 6 | 0 |
| Australia | 5 | 0 |
| Norway | 5 | 0 |
Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database (data as of 31 December 2025; retrieved 19 August 2026). UNHCR · CC-BY-4.0
Sources
| Source | License | data as of | retrieved | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — country list | CC-BY-4.0 | 2026-08-19 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
| UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — population figures | CC-BY-4.0 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
| UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — demographics | CC-BY-4.0 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
| UNHCR (data: IDMC) — IDMC internal displacement figures via UNHCR API | CC-BY-IGO | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
| UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — solutions | CC-BY-4.0 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
| UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — asylum applications | CC-BY-4.0 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
| UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — footnotes | CC-BY-4.0 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
| United Nations, DESA, Population Division — World Population Prospects 2024 — total population by sex | CC-BY-3.0-IGO | 2023-07-01 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
| Natural Earth (via world-atlas) — Admin 0 – Countries, 1:50m | Public Domain | 2022-05-01 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
Snapshot f1a2b53a · Methodology · Boundaries
Data coverage
How complete is the record for this country — metric by metric.
| Value | Hosting / Originating | First reported | First non-zero | Last reported | Years reported | Longest gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refugees | Hosting | 1974 | 1974 | 2025 | 44/52 | 4 yr |
| Refugees | Originating | 1993 | 1993 | 2025 | 33/33 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1974 | 2000 | 2025 | 44/52 | 4 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1993 | 2000 | 2025 | 33/33 | — |
| Stateless persons | Hosting | 2004 | 2005 | 2025 | 22/22 | — |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1993 | 2013 | 2025 | 33/33 | — |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1974 | 1984 | 2025 | 44/52 | 4 yr |
A missing year is not zero — it is missing. And the start of counting is not the start of events: several metrics only began collection later (stateless 2004, OIP 2018; the IDP series runs from 1993 and switches to IDMC compilation in 2009).